4.52am Issue: 003 9th October 2016

fit in and are different from what's
considered normal, we would also put
ourselves in that category, but when we
released the video we wanted to highlight
the fact you aren't alone and that there is
acceptance, and you will find your place at
some point, that's really what we wanted
to get across"
I believe Susie Blue are touring soon (we’ll
report dates once they are confirmed), and
that there will hopefully be a new single
before Christmas. But in terms of the live
dates, whatever you do if you get the
chance, do go and see them and you can
look forward to spending the rest of your
life boring yours friends that you were
there. Without having to make it up.
This isn’t just a review, this is a young
band putting down a marker.
This is the start of something seriously
cool.
The Line 6 Verbzilla was set to an octave
reverb (octave up) with the initial note
removed to get the swell sound heard in the
second verse.
As for Susan, during the People Like Us
recording she was playing synths, the
precise models i'm not 100% sure on, but a
combination of a few vintage analogue
synths and a few digital ones
everything was layered in stereo, tonnes of
guitar tracks, some layered in octaves to
fatten it up and give it a really present
sound.”
Susie Blue really are something special, and
I for one think that 2017 is going to be a
very special year for them, and indeed all of
us.
Check out their single Here.
(Musical Interlude)
A little later, I caught up with guitarist
Caolan Moore and got a little geekier.
I asked him about the gear they used in
recording the single,
“I was using a Fender 2001 Mexican Strat
and a Fender Tele Deluxe, the one with the
wide range pickups, running into a Boss
SD1, a Line Six Verbzilla, a Big Muff Tone
Wicker, a Dod Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive
and a Boss TU3, then that split out to a Jet
City JCA20HV (my main gigging amp) and
a 70s Vox AC15 ran in dual mono as
opposed to stereo.